Some of the national takes on the survey included surprise that “current” marijuana use has now surpassed cigarette use among high schoolers. Twenty three percent of national students said they had smoked pot recently, while only 18 percent said they had used cigarettes.

In Colorado, marijuana use was at 22 percent among the 1,523 state students interviewed for the survey.

Nationally, 71 percent of students said they had used alcohol at some point in their lives.

Electa Draper is the health writer for The Denver Post and has covered every news beat in a 22-year journalism career at three newspapers. She has a bachelor's degree in biology and a master's in journalism.